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STAFF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Jason Armond ASST. ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Lauren V. Wilkinson DIGITAL DIRECTOR: Welcome to the premier issue of Home Arya Ji Grown magazine. We are very excited to present this new, monthly publication CONTRIBUTORS to you and hope that it provides you Your Journey Begins Here. with compelling content that celebrates Jason Armond all things rooted and raised in North Lauren V. Wilkinson Carolina. WWW.VISITNC.ORG Mary Carson Wells From the mountains to the sea North Carolina’s rich Haley Hodges landscape is filled with many historic landmarks, Thomas Squire Jr. attractions, artisans and celebrities. We promise to curate a Lauren V. Wilkinson wide collection of content highlighting the people, places, and things that make North Carolina a true southern Tyler Trocinski gem. Our goal with Home Grown magazine is to illicit Samantha Beltran excitement every month when you receive your next Anna Bradsher issue. And, as we continue to evolve the magazine, we Katelyn Mottesheard will always value ask your feedback so that we can meet and exceed your expectations. Asia Chou Irene Zhou I would like to take a moment to thank our staff for their Joy I. Lackey contributions and hard work to the launch this magazine. Sam Collins As you open your first inaugural issue of Home Grown, it is our sincere hope that you are inspired to explore Sally Dillon the great state of North Carolina and its rich history and Zita Voros culture. Sit back, relax and enjoy this piece created just for you. Happy reading! PHOTO CREDITS:

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4 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 5 PEOPLE Redefining

WITH A GOAL OF the CASTING A WIDE CREATIVE NET, CAT CALL COLLECTIVE Small WAS FORMED TO BE A PERFECT Bekah Bohlen is a woman who knows how to UMBRELLA stay busy. A North Carolina-native, Bohlen started her FOR A Businessfirst Hillsborough-based company Cat Call Collective in 2015. The Collective sells greeting cards and paper WIDE goods designed by Bohlen, as well as other hand RANGE crafted wares from other artists. It is both an online and mobile retail shop that travels around the OF CREATIVE Triangle area. ENDEAVORS. Bohlen was the recipient of the #Girlboss biannual $15,000 grant in 2015. The grant awards a Written & Designed by: handful of women the opportunity to pursue their Anna Bradsher passion projects and take control of their futures. The passion project Bohlen proposed was making a mobile retail store for Cat Call Collective. Now known as the Cat Call Tiny Shop, it is one of two mobile retailers she has constructed and owns. Bohlen and her husband Martin opened a second mobile company, Pinola Mobile Bar, this year. The mobile bar is a retrofitted camper and hospitality service for weddings and events. But the list of businesses and adventures doesn’t stop there; Bohlen also does freelance graphic design and custom letterpress work.

NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 7 Over the last three years, Bohlen and her husband almost obsolete in the 1970s with the advancement of conceived and built both of their mobile shops. Cat Call digital printing but has had a revival in recent years. Since Tiny Shop travels to various craft fairs and pop-up events, then, it has shifted from a male-dominated profession selling handmade artisan goods from across the country. to a female-led one. Letterpress is now very popular for Its whereabouts can be found on the @CatCallCollective wedding invitations as well as a wide range of paper goods. Instagram account. Bohlen sells letterpress greeting cards, coasters and prints. Cat Call Collective started as Bohlen’s personal The name was inspired by the first two cards paper goods line. Since its birth, it has evolved to an Bohlen designed. One card said “Holler back girl,” and online and mobile retailer and now also sells goods from the other read “Meow.” The pair sparked the name Cat other artists. A lot of Bohlen’s work features letterpress Call. Bohlen chose to call it a collective, so as not to printing. Letterpress is a technique of relief printing limit herself to paper goods. using a printing press. The technique became

8 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 9 the Show Must Go On THE LEGEND OF ANDY GRIFFITH AND THE NOSTALGIC HAVEN OF MAYBERRY LIVES ON IN MOUNT AIRY, N.C.

Written & Designed by: Sally Dillon

NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 11 of the Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy commented on the economic benefit the show has brought: “We see tourists coming here year-round, and that has been a major support for our local small businesses.” Even for those far from the idyllic Mount Airy feel a connection to not only the show but the North Carolina town. Remie James, a resident of Staten Island, NY, says that her mother loves the show and they would love to attend a Mayberry Days festival. She says the show is a good mix of reality and fiction, as the plot is “PEOPLE COME made up, but many of the places alluded to are real. Even her home of Staten Island was mentioned in the show. HERE LOOKING “[The show] was serious, to the point, believable,.[The FOR THE REAL characters] had morals and respect, and it was fun and entertaining,” James remarks. MAYBERRY.” Between the small fame it has brought Mount Airy and the the connection it has fostered among viewers, The Andy

Mayberry Days, an annual festival Griffith Show has had an impact that Celebrating The Andy Griffith Show has reached well beyond its eight in Mount Airy, NC. seasons. In a world that is not as simple as Mayberry, it is important to find things that remind you the beauty he 60s were a turbulent time in America Airy, North Carolina. If you take a trip to Mount of a slower, more intentional life. It is with the Cold War leading the decade Airy, you can still find some of of the same fishing important to find your Mayberry. and the Vietnam War starting toward the holes where Andy and his son Opie fished. You end. The Andy Griffith Show provided will still find Main Street looking the same as it did an escape from the turbulent political atmosphere back when the show aired with diners that look as by transporting viewers to a time when the world if they were plucked out of the TV screen. Tmoved slower. People could slip into a world where The legacy of Andy Griffith and his show the biggest conflict of the day might be whether placed Mount Airy on the map and cemented Aunt Bea wins the pickle contest at the county fair this small southern town in the hearts of many (sadly, she did not, as she lost to her loyal viewers. There’s no shortage of memorabilia best friend, Clara Edwards. - from the Andy Griffith museum and playhouse Fast forward to today, Andy Griffith and to the gift shop downtown that sells Andy Griffith The Andy Griffith Show has left mark on North merchandise. A number of businesses in downtown Carolina. Treasured by young and old alike the Mount Airy reflect the show, such as Snappy Lunch actor and his show harkens back to a simpler time diner, while others reflect the era, such as Walker’s invoking a strong sense of nostalgia in Griffith’s Soda Fountain. Walking downtown, you can even fans. hear the iconic whistling of the theme song playing North Carolinians have always been proud from storefronts. of the fact that The Andy Griffith Show was filmed A director of the Andy Griffith museum in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Many people would observes that: “People come here looking for say that the friendly on-screen town of Mayberry ‘Mayberry’ and end up discovering that Mount mirrored the day-to-day life and spirit of Mount Airy is a lot more than Mayberry.” A representative

12 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 13 Boho

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOON IS WHERE YOU FIND FASHIONS BOLDTHAT WILL TRANSFORM YOU INSIDE AND OUT.

Written & Designed by: Mary Carson Wells

f you’ve never heard of Lowell, North Carolina, you’re not alone. This sleepy town, about an hour outside Charlotte, boasts all of your quintessential small town attractions: a diner, two stoplights and a local library. Patti Bean is on a mission to shake that up. IIn 2015, with nothing more than an empty storefront and a vision, Bean opened up what would soon become one of Lowell’s most popular shops. Back of the Moon is a boho boutique with a catch. Bean’s mission is to show women of all ages that they can dress bold and look great while doing it.

“The goal is for every woman who comes in to leave feeling a little more confident and a little happier, whether they buy something or not,” Bean said.

Bean has given a new life and energy to what used to be a small, quiet town by showing local women that their clothes can be just as expressive as their personalities.

14 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 15 Forever First in

Written & Designed by: FLIGHT Haley E Hodges UNTIL 1903, THE AIR WAS ONE OF THE LAST DOMAINS UNCONQUERED BY MANKIND. THEN, ONE WINDY DECEMBER DAY IN KITTY HAWK, NC, THE WRIGHT BROTHERS LAUNCHED THE AGE OF AVIATION INTO THE AIR.

n December 17th, 1903, the Wright Brothers flipped a coin to see who O would pilot the Wright Flyer and change the course of history. Orville won, and Wilbur ran the flyer down the track laid out in the Kill Devil Hills of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. John T. Daniels, a member of the local lifesaving crew, clicked the camera as the flyer took off, immortalizing the moment the brothers conquered the air.

While the first powered flight lasted only 12 seconds and covered 120 feet of sand before Orville brought it down to earth, the brothers took to the skies four more times that day. Their longest sustained flight lasted 59 seconds and covered 852 feet.

The legacy of the brothers and their groundbreaking accomplishments gives the Old North State its well known title as the “First in Flight.”

16 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 17 The parts and pieces behind the first flight and its legacy in North Carolina

This is your Captains Speaking Flight LogBrothers Wilbur and Orville Wright became interested in aviation after working together in their bicycle construction and repair shop in their hometown of Dayton, Ohio. Though neither brother was college educated, their mechanical knowledge with bikes and lots of research, risks and experimentation, made the brothers the inventors and pilots of the world’s first airplane.

“After a while they shook hands, and we couldn’t help notice how they held on to each other’s hand, sort o’like they hated to let go; like two folks parting who weren’t sure they’d ever see each other again.”

-John T. Daniels, Kitty Hawk lifesaving crewman, recalling the moments before the first flight Aluminum, Cotton Spruce and American Ingenuity AD HERE One of the main challenges of early aviation was choice of materials. The Wrights focused on getting the aircraft to weigh as little as possible, constructing the wings and frame of the plane from ash and spruce wood, as well as cotton canvas treated in the same way Kitty Hawk sailors would treat their sails. The necessary metal elements were also crafted to be as light as possible, as the rigging was 15-gauge bicycle spoke wire, and the engine block was forged from an aluminum and copper alloy, with only crucial pieces being formed from heavier elements like steel or cast iron. Turbulence Crossing State Lines Due to the extreme success and importance of the Wright’s accomplishments, the states of North Carolina, where the first flight took place, and Ohio, the Wright brothers home state, have feuded over who can claim the title “First in Flight.” The debate went on until 2003, when Congress settled the matter, and allowed North Carolina to claim the title “First in Flight” and Ohio to be the “Birthplace of Aviation.” Both states boast their mottos on their state license plates. Conquest of the Air Queen CityCome visit. The Wright Brothers National Memorial was established on March 2, 1927, as a way to charlottenc.gov commemorate the Wright’s achievements and the place where the first heavier than air flight occurred. A granite memorial stands atop Kill Devil Hill with wings carved into its faces to resemble a bird taking flight. Visitors today can walk along the 120-foot track below the monument where the first flight took off.

18 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 J. Cole John Coltrane THERE ARE MANY LEGENDARY ARTIST WHO HAVE Nina Simone HAD HUMBLE BEGINNINGS IN THE MOUNTAINS, PIEDMONT AND PLAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. ALTHOUGH TIME AND FAME MAY HAVE BURRIED THEIR ROOTS IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO UNEARTH Randy Travis THE GOLDEN TALENT THAT MAKES OUR STATE, OUR Our SOUND, A HALLMARK. State,Written & Designed by: Joy Lackey

James Taylor

Roberta Flack Our SoundNCHOMEGROWN.COM // 21 ina Simone, born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, was delievered in a 660 square foot house in Tryon, NC on Feb. 21,1933. The sixth child of John Divine Waymon, and Mary Kate Waymon. Simone retained fond memories of the family’s small home and her years spent there, Ndespite the number of children packed into its 660 square feet, ontop of no running water. Tryon, though segregated, was a town with less pronounced racial divisions . But even so, her consciousness was seared at 11, when her parents, were moved from front row to the back, before her first public recital. Livid, Simone refused to perform until they returned to the front. This disdain followed Simone throughout her career. The anger toward her town persisted and was expressed occasionally in interviews, and in songs like “Mississippi Goddam” — resentment that residents say lingers in Tryon to this day.

ohn Coltrane was born in Hamlet, North Carolina, on September 23, 1926. His family moved to High Point when he was only 3 months old. Him and his family lived with his maternal grandparents and sometimes his cousin’s family. His grandfather, Rev. W W. Blair, Jwas a presiding elder of the AME Zion church, and his father was a tailor. Coltrane spent the first 17 years of his life in High Point at 118 Underhill Street. While at William Penn High School, he began playing the saxophone. Coltrane’s situation changed drastically in the winter of 1938 - 1939 when his grandfather and father died within weeks of each other. During this period without a lot of adult supervision, Coltrane found opportunities to explore the new sounds of jazz.

NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 23 Her direction of a production of Aida received a standing ovation from the Howard University faculty. She graduated at 19 and intended to enroll in graduate studies but the sudden death of her father caused her to return to North Carolina, where she took a job teaching music and English in Farmville. A year later she found a similar job in Washington, teaching music and English in the District ames Taylor was born in Boston, of Columbia’s junior high schools. And Massachusetts in 1948 to Gertrude and Isaac there she began her award winning career. Taylor. At three years old, Taylor’s family moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina where his father served as the Dean of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill medical school Jfrom 1964 to 1971.Taylor grew up playing music with his four siblings, Alex, Kate, Livingston, and Hugh. Taylor’s childhood home was on Morgan Creek Road in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Taylor’s childhood experiences in this neighborhood heavily impacted many of the lyrics in some of Taylor’s most popular songs. “Copperline” tells

the story of Taylor’s return to his childhood oberta Flack was born on February 10, 1937 in stomping grounds. Taylor said what he Asheville, North Carolina. Flack was brought up remembers most about Chapel Hill is the in a musical housebold. Her mother, Irene, was a landscape. “I tell my kids that we were pre-TV church organist and father, Laron, a jazz musician. and there was a lot of empty time there, slow When Flack was nine, she started taking an interest in playing weekends when you just walked into the woods the piano,and during her early teens, Flack so excelled at and found whatever you could to kill time,” classical piano that Howard University awarded her a full Taylor said. “There was this long, uninterrupted R music scholarship. By age 15, she entered Howard University, time to let your imagination grow. I believe that making her one of the youngest students ever to enroll there. was an important part of whatever creative life She eventually changed her major from piano to voice, I’ve had.” and became an assistant conductor of the university choir.

24 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 andy Travis, Randy Bruce Traywick, was . Cole, Jermaine Lamarr Cole, was born on January born on May 4, 1959 in Marshville, North 28, 1985, at an American military base in Frankfurt, Carolina, the second of six children of West Germany. Cole’s father, a military veteran, later Bobbie, a textile factory worker, and abandoned the family during his youth, prompting Harold Traywick, a horse breeder, turkey farmer, Cole’s mother, Kay Cole, to relocate to Fayetteville, North substitute school teacher and construction business Carolina. Cole grew up in a multi-ethnic environment and Rowner. At the age of eight, Randy began playing Jduring his youth, Cole expressed an affinity for guitar and sang in his Church of Christ choir. Two years later, he and his brother began performing at local clubs and talent contests, calling themselves the Traywick Brothers. In 1975, while his brother

basketball and music, and served as a first-chair violinist for the Terry Sanford Orchestra until 2003. Cole began rapping at the age of twelve, and saw it as an ideal profession in 2000, when his mother purchased an ASR-X musical sampler as a Christmas gift. During this period, Cole heightened emphasis on improving was serving time in jail for a high-speed car chase, his production skills, later beginning Randy won a talent contest at a nightclub, Country initial production under the pseudonym City USA, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The club’s Therapist. Upon graduating high school, owner, Elizabeth “Lib” Hatcher, took an interest Cole decided that his chances of securing a in the young singer, hired him as a cook, and gave recording contract would be better in New him regular singing jobs at the club. And soon York City. He moved there and accepted a after, in 1978, he was able to record his first self- scholarship to St. John’s University. titled album, Randy Traywick, for Paula Records. NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 27 OUTDOOR From the Mountains

THE ADVENTURES to the AWAITING Sea YOU AT EACH OF NORTH CAROLINA'S 41 STATE PARKS ARE ONLY A ROAD TRIP AWAY.

Written and Designed by: Asia Chou

ery few states can boast about having a natural landscape as diverse and topographically varied as North Carolina's. From the rugged terrain of the Appalachians to the emerald-green woods of the Piedmont region, and further still to the otherworldly sand dunes of the coast. The natural wonders of North Carolina's state parks are a balm for the city and rural dwellers alike. North Carolina’s state parks are treasured jewels to those who call the Tarheel state home. North Carolinian’s Vevents everyone to get out in and explore the natural beauty of North Carolina.

NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 29 Visitors can enjoy immersive, picturesque views of the surrounding Appalachian Mountains on the mile-high swinging bridge at Grandfather Mountain State Park.

1. CHIMNEY ROCK 4. HANGING ROCK 6. CAROLINA BEACH STATE PARK STATE PARK STATE PARK Far from being your average park, For Piedmont residents, Hanging For boating and fishing adventures in a Chimney Rock not only has splendid Rock provides a refreshing mountain variety of water habitats, this park is a scenery and hiking trails, but also has escape closer to home. The Sauratown stellar choice. The freshwater Cape Fear rock climbing opportunities, an Animal Mountains and even a glimpse of the River, the estuarine Myrtle Grove Sound Discovery Den filled with local wildlife Blue Ridge Mountains can be seen from and the Atlantic Ocean itself are all here. and an elevator that ascends through a various vantage points in the park. There However, swimming is prohibited due mountain for views of Lake Lure and are also 20 miles of hiking trails winding to dangerous currents. Hickory Nut Gorge. around rushing waterfalls.

7. FORT MACON 2. MT. MITCHELL 5. ENO RIVER STATE PARK STATE PARK STATE PARK This park is home to a restored At 6,684 feet, the peak of Mount Mitchell Located in the Triangle, this park Civil War fort associated with General is the highest point of elevation east of includes almost 30 miles of hiking Robert E. Lee and a coastal education Mississippi. The park’s observation deck trails that allow plenty of access to the center focused on teaching visitors allows for unobstructed, stunning views Eno River for a quick dip during a hot about the marshes, estuaries and dune of the surrounding spruce-fir forests summer day. Lesser-known attractions fields in the surrounding area. There is while challenging trails beckon seasoned include the swimming holes Turtle Hole also a shoreline for swimming. hikers. and Sennet Hole.

3. GRANDFATHER MTN. STATE PARK ARE WE One of NC's most popular natural attractions, this park provides access THERE to the mile-high swinging bridge that YET? offers views of Grandfather Mountain from way above. It also has 2,456 acres of open backcountry trails filled with wooden ladders that help hikers scale Map out your road trip steep rock mounds and cliffs. across the state. flowers of

ORIGINATINGtemptation FROM EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA, THE VENUS FLY TRAP - FAMOUS FOR ITS CARNIVOROUS NATURE - HAILS AS THE OFFICIAL STATE PLANT.

Written & Designed by: Zita Voros

32 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 33 he Green Swamp Preserve in Brunswick and Columbus Counties of North Carolina is home to many plants and wildlife. The conservation spans over 17,000 acres and was one of the first places where over 14 varieties of the venus flytrap Twere discovered. The first written record of the carnivorous plant’s existence was from 1759, when the governor of North Carolina wrote of the “Catch fly sensitive” in a letter detailing the new finding. Later on, it was re-named the “Venus flytrap” after the Roman goddess of love. The plant’s genus name, Dionaea muscipula, was named after the Greek goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite (also referred to as Dionaea, or ‘daughter of Dione’)

“THE PLANT’S GENUS NAME, DIONAEA

MUSCIPULA, WAS Venus flytraps found in eastern North Carolina NAMED AFTER THE in the wild grow in coastal areas. GREEK GODDESS OF LOVE AND BEAUTY, APHRODITE.” be put on the endangered species list due to the popularity of collecting wild flytraps. The venus flytrap was once found in the wild in over 125 as well as the Latin word for ‘mousetrap.’ It is VIRGINIA counties in the Carolinas, as shown on the map, suggested that part of this name was given due but has since been reduced to just 71 counties to the plant’s strong resemblance to female due to urban development in marshy areas. genitalia. NORTH Raleigh CAROLINA Though each trap of the plant can only snare The General Assembly of North Carolina 3-5 meals before dying and dropping off, the named the venus flytrap as the state’s official main plant can live up to 20 years, according carnivorous plant in 2005, after joking about Columbia to scientists. The venus flytrap will continue to adopting it as a symbol before South Carolina grow new traps from its underground stem to steals it. Hailed as “the most wonderful plant in feed on nutritous creatures and keep itself alive. SOUTH GREEN the world” by Charles Darwin, the venus flytrap CAROLINA SWAMP is a plant collected and prized by botanists and plant collectors around the globe. Nowadays, GEORGIA the plant is cultivated throughout the world ORIGINAL RANGE in greenhouses, though it only continues to OF THE VENUS naturally grow in the 75-100 mile radius of the FLY TRAP Coastal Plains of North and South Carolina. It has been petitioned by numerous sources to NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 35 LIGHTING the

FOR 200 YEARS, NORTH CAROLINA’S HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSES HAVEWAY GUIDED SAILORS CROSSING THROUGH TREACHOUROUS ATLANTIC WATERWAYS Written & Designed by: TYLER TROCINSKI

ow can a singular beacon represent so much? North Carolina’s lighthouses powerfully reflect our own values of innovation, endurance, and strength. The first of North Carolina’s lighthouses, the old Bald Head Light Station, was built in 1797 but stood only 16 years. Ever since, Hlighthouses, lightships, and elevated river lights have come and gone, made necessary by rough seas and dangerous waters, and felled by the same.

Still, North Carolina boasts numerous historic lighthouses that still stand on the Tar Heel shore. Having survived the ravages of storms, the malignant Located on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore down N.C. Highway 12, you’ll passing of time, thin maintenance budgets, and the find the Bodie Island Lighthouse. Opened inexorable march of the shorelines themselves, these in 1872 the Bodie Island Lighthouse lighthouses are a symbol of resilience. stands 156 feet tall.

36 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 37 NORTH CAROLINA’S GREAT LIGHTHOUSES Cape Hatteras Most North Carolina lighthouses fall under the est. 1803 classification of coastal lights, structures built to warn World’s tallest brick lighthouse mariners of treacherous shoals lying just offshore. Others are harbor lights, whose presence guides ships to protected bays and moorings. No matter their purpose, our sentinels of the sea include a spate of lighthouse superlatives: the nation’s tallest bright lighthouse and its most recognized, the most recently restored, and an unusual octagonal tower nearly 200 years old.

Lighthouses are no longer the primary means of detecting the edge of land and sea, nor discerning the safest routes through shifting waters. Mariners at sea have more modern navigational aids that chart the shorelines in ever-increasing detail. But one of the bright spots of North Ocracoke Island Carolina’s maritime heritage is that is value placed on est. 1825 our lighthouse history. Citizens have taken great pains 2nd oldest in the U.S. to care for our remaining lighthouses. All have been restored, and most are supported by both public funds and private groups formed to see that these lighthouses stand for a few more centuries.

And because of those efforts, our great lighthouses still wink and blink, from Currituck Beach and Bodie Island to Cape Hatteras and Ocracoke, Cape Lookout and Oak Island and Bald Head. Climb one of those historic lighthouses today, and you can still imagine the old ways. Cape Lookout Currituck est. 1859 est. 1873 Accessible only through ferry Last major lighthouse built in N.C. Atlantic Ocean

Frying Pan Tower est. 1954 Built 14 miles offshore, now a hotel

38 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 39 THE CREAM OF THE CROP FROM THE FIELDS OF COTTON IN NORTH CAROLINA TO THE GOLDEN WAVES OF TOBACCO, AGRICULTURE IN OUR STATE IS BOOMING YEAR-ROUND.

Written & Designed by: Irene Zhou

griculture has been a crucial part of North Carolina’s economy since before the American Civil War. Despite the nation-wide agricultural downslide between the Civil War up to 1900, the number of North Carolina farms steadily increased. ABy 1900, there were 224,637 farms, and in 1925, there were 283,482 North Carolina farms. By the end of the 1920s, North Carolina led the nation in the harvesting of cotton and tobacco. Today, North Carolina is still one of the top producers in agriculture.

40 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 41 1. TOBACCO 3. COTTON

Tobacco was a significant crop Prior to 1793, cotton was a small-time from its first discovery in the New crop because of its labor-intensive World, especially in states like North requirement to separate cotton seeds Carolina. The discovery of methods from the cotton. to properly grow bright leaf tobacco in the late 1830s lead to the rise of While widely grown, cotton was a tobacco production in NC. small crop intended for local use in homespun cloth. There were small Tobacco was mostly a small farmer jenny mills, sometimes on plantations, product and home manufactured. operated by hand, mules or oxen From a high of 33 million pounds producing a crude yarn suitable for of tobacco in 1860, it took until homespun. 1890 to surpass that pre-war total. There were numerous small “tobacco Beginning about 1840, cotton became factories” in North Carolina prior to a leading cash crop for North Carolina the Civil War. These facilities often farmers.The high demand for cotton prepared and packaged chewing allowed more resources to be diverted until the 1920s in North Carolina.. cotton prices caused an increased tobacco which was preferred at of tobacco experienced a revolution to many tobacco plants and is still one to cotton processing. The first mill cotton demand and a proliferation the time, even though cigars were during the 1880s and 1890s. From of three major tobacco-producing in North Carolina was established The Great Depression in the 1930s in cotton-planting in the state in the beginning to gain in popularity. With this, Tobacco manufacturing grew states in America. around 1815 near Lincolnton. Cotton began a downward trend in growing 1990s. the creation of mechanized cigarette- rapidly in Durham and Winston- farming increased until the Civil War cotton until by 1980, but insect- making and of a tobacco trust, the use Salem. Today, North Carolina is home and continued to increase steadily resistant cotton crop and a jump in

2. APPLES 4. SOYBEANS

Early North Carolinians farmers did Since soybeans work well in rotation not grow apples with the intention with other crops like tobacco, it can be of selling them. Instead, they pressed planted in the same field in the same most of the crop for the juice needed year after the traditional winter crops. to make cider and vinegar and As a result, soybean is a very popular distributed it to their family members. crop with farmers. Most soybean acres in North Carolina are in the eastern Over time, apple-farming became part of the state near the coastal plain. commercialized, and North Carolina became a leading apple-growing Drought, heat, insects and weeds state. Family-owned apple farms are the biggest pests of soybeans in diminished in time, but commercial North Carolina and farmers spend orchards cover nearly 14,000 acres and large amounts of resources battling produce around 8,000,000 bushels of these pests. Recently, scientists have apples a year. Only a few thousand made great steps toward increasing bushels are sold directly to the public. the soybean’s native resistance to drought and heat stress.

42 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 43 5. LIVESTOCK

Hog farming has been important to North Carolina agriculture since colonial days. The state had an early start in the livestock business and as a result, pork production has been thriving since the late 1700s. In 1783, one visitor wrote “Nowhere on the whole continent is the breeding of swine so considerable or so profitable as in North Carolina.”

Pig farming has become a major industry since then and brings in the state $2 billion each year. Despite its current success, the livestock business has faced and is still facing many criticisms.

In the latter years of the twentieth century, hog waste disposal systems pressed a significant environmental problem. Hog lagoons, piles of hog waste to be used as fertilizer, threatened to pollute water supplies and many state countries were concerned. This led to laws like the Clean Water Responsibility Act, which placed production, by the early 2000s North now are lean and muscular, and most a moratorium on the construction Carolina ranked second nationally in are raised in confinement. of new farms with more than 250 swine production behind Iowa, but hogs. Despite restrictions on hog the farm methods have changed. Hogs

SO WHAT’S THE NEXT BIG THING? In 2004, the US Congress passed on what will be The Next Big Thing for potential. Of late, the speculation has legislation that ended a decades- North Carolina agriculture. Although centered on things like hops, malting old tobacco allocation program that many tobacco farmers retired or took barley, industrial hemp, and even had set a minimum guaranteed price off-farm jobs, others began to look bamboo. and kept many NC small farmers for an alternative crop that would afloat and in business. This was a be equally profitable. Despite the There may not be a Next Big dramatic change for North Carolina’s traditional agriculture that has been Thing for NC agriculture. Already dominating crop. around for centuries, North Carolina North Carolina is one of the most farmers are keeping an ear out for the agriculturally diverse states in the In the years since then, the number of crop that’s going to be “The Next Big United States. tobacco farmers declined significantly, Thing,” and are always hearing about and there has been much speculation something that supposedly has great

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48 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 49 Hop, Hop, Hooray

Written & Designed by: for N.C.Lauren WilkinsonBrews reweries in North Carolina are booming. Their University and hip foodie joints is the perfect recipe B popularity has had a surge in recent years. Even rural for beer enthusiasts in and around Durham. THERE ARE OVER 160 BREWERIES IN NORTH CAROLINA. towns, like Oxford, NC, have gotten in on the brewery Greenville, NC, another college town that is home RECENTLY BREWERIES HAVE BECOME A WIDE-SPREAD scene with Tobacco Wood Brewing Company. With a to East Carolina University, houses Uptown Brewing population around 8,700 people, Tobacco Wood has Company. Uptown’s Billy Beer is the people pleaser PHENOMENON IN OUR STATE AND KNOWING HOW become a hub for this sleepy town and is the first female and is “a true beer drinker’s beer that is as crushable TO NAVIGATE THEM HAS BECOME A FAVORITE PASSTIME. veteran-owned and operated brewery in the state. Some as they come.” Their Coffee Porter is more under the of their brews include the Bulletstopper Blonde, a golden radar of popularity but incorporates locally roasted ale with a mild and toasty finish, and Benny’s Wight, a cold brew in its recipe to spice things up. Uptown also Belgian witbier with flavors has an in-house crowler refill of bitter orange, coriander option, the only one in Pitt and chamomile. County. Crowlers are a step Besides Oxford, “TOPO’S AWARD- above the traditional growler NC’s new brew location, beer container because they there are many other local WINNING BLUERIDGE are sealed more effectively favorites beyond Granville BLUEBERRY WHEAT to keep the beer fresher for a County lines. Top of the longer period of time. Hill Restaurant & Brewery, IS A FAN FAVORITE.” Another state favorite more commonly known is Wicked Weed Brewing in as TOPO to Chapel Hillian-natives and the Tar Asheville, NC. Wicked Weed houses three brew entities Heel student body, has an in-house brewery. TOPO within itself because of its wild popularity in the area. overlooks Franklin Street and has a cool atmosphere There is an actual brewery to sell and distribute their beer with fermenters featured in their main indoor dining all over the state, the original pub storefront that has a room. TOPO’s award-winning Blueridge Blueberry fully functioning restaurant inside and the Funkatorium Wheat is a fan favorite golden wheat ale topped with a that is located in the South Slope Brewery District of handful of actual blueberries. Asheville. and features the East Coast’s first sour and Right down Tobacco Road, in Durham, NC, there funky beer. is a multitude of brew options for North Carolinians. North Carolina is booming with brews like Tobacco Wood Brewing Company in Oxford, N.C. Durham houses Ponysaurus Brewing Co., Fullsteam no other, and it is high time you got on the brewery has a beer fermenter room off of their dining room in their warehouse space. Brewery, Bull Durham Beer Co., Bull City Burger and bandwagon, too. Brewery and others. Being home to a baseball park, Duke 50 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 51 a Taste of

NORTH CAROLINA’S FAVORITE DISH, TONCEradition DIVIDED, NOW COMBINED

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he Tar Heel State is renowned for a spectacular Southern menu of comfort food. Barbeque is just one of the many delicious dishes found all over the state, but its role transcends from simply being a food item to a community staple. Game days, church picnics, family gatherings and pig pickin’s are events that shape the South just as much as the drawl does. T There are about as many types of barbeque as it CAROLINA BBQ can be spelled: regardless of whether you’re getting barbecue, barbeque, barbie, ‘cue or BBQ, you’re Ingredients bound to leave the table satisfied. North Carolina barbeque in particular is divided into two styles of 1 bone-in pork shoulder roast (5 pounds) cooking: Eastern and Western. As much as the names 1 tablespoon salt ground black pepper to taste dictate, these two styles were refined on either side 1.5 cups apple cider vinegar of the state. The difference? While both derived from liquid smoke to taste the same base - the hog - the Western style utilizes 2 tablespoons brown sugar only the pork shoulder and adds a ketchup-based 1.5 tablespoons hot pepper sauce sauce to the mix. The Eastern side, on the other Directions hand, uses a whole-hog approach with a vinegar and pepper base: no tomatoes there. Place pork shoulder in slow cooker and season with These differences are what make Allen & Son salt and pepper. Pour vinegar to surround it, then cover and cook on “Low” for 10-12 hours, until pork Bar-B-Q a one-of-a-kind place. Founded in 1970 easily comes apart with a fork. and named after his father, Allen & Son is located in Chapel Hill, NC, and owned by pitmaster Keith Remove pork shoulder and separate the meat from the bones. Set aside 2 cups of the liquid and drain the rest. Allen. It serves a sandwich with a combination of Shred the meat with forks and return to slow cooker. both North Carolinian styles mixed together, and Combine liquid smoke, brown sugar, cayenne pepper, the result is a delicious medley of flavors that either red pepper flakes and hot pepper sauce with the remaining liquid. Place the meat back into the slow side of the state would find homage in. cooker, mixing the sauce in. Cover and keep on “Low” Allen does not take any shortcuts when it comes until serving. Serve on top of soft buns with coleslaw. to preparing the food, either. Outside, hickory logs feed the fires of the pits, and inside is where the meat is chopped and the magic happens.

52 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 53 Southern Legend CHEERWINE, IT’S A CAROLINA THING. IS IT A SODA OR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE? MYSTERY STILL SURROUNDS THIS LEGENDARY SOUTHERN DRINK.

Written & Designed by: Jason Armond

heerwine is one of North Carolina’s most iconic products. During its infancy Cheerwine’s unusual name lead many to believe that this cherry flavored drink contained alcohol. To this day Cheerwine’s mystique has made it a true Southern legend. Coca-Cola and Pepsi have always been soda titans, ushering in America’s insatiable thirst of the carbonated beverage. Cheerwine, a lesser know soda by some, was created a few years after Coke and Pepsi during World War I by founder L.D. Peeler. Post- CCivil War, sugar was in short supply and heavily rationed. So, Peeler created a new soft drink that would use less of it; adding cherry flavoring reduced the amount of sugar needed to make the drink palatable. Over the decades, Cheerwine has grown from a regional Southern beverage to a cherished drink of choice for many of its loyal fans. North Carolina proudly claims Cheerwine as one of its many beloved home grown products.

54 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 55 the TOBACCO ROAD ENTERTAINMENT rivalryA BRIEF HISTORY ON THE GREATEST RIVARLY IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL Written & Designed by: Sam Collins

56 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 57 UNC-CH forward, Joel Berry drives to the basket in one of two annual highly anticipated Tobacco Road Rivalry games against Duke in Chapel Hill, N.C. he best rivalry in college heart of Durham, North Carolina. any UNC fan during the early ‘90s, sports doesn’t get that It is not difficult to see where the with his aggressive and sometimes way because of its ability differences lie in these two school’s unsportsmanlike playing style. to create an exceptional student bodies. The two prestigous During the east regional final in the basketball program every year. Each campuses are connected by a mere 1992 NCAA tournament, Laettner UNC-Duke matchup, regardless ten mile stretch of US Highway 15- buried what is now known famously Tof any overarching skill level or 501 in the Triangle Area of what as “the shot,” a ten-foot jump shot how many five-star recruits Coach used to be North Carolina’s main against Kentucky to put Duke up Krzyzewski is able to land in a given tobacco producing region, thus 104-103 and secure Duke a position year, is on the table as far as the winner giving it the title of the Tobacco in the final four. With “the shot,” because of the sheer implication of Road. You can feel the geographical Laettner successfullly embedded what beating the other team might tension as you drive through. Duke in not only infamy, but mean for the school and fan-base. greatness. Players like Grayson Allen The reason the iconic UNC-Duke Since the two teams’ first meeting have reiginted the legacy of Laettner, rivalry is so important to fans not on January 24th, 1920, this tripping opposing players on court. only stems from the historical ferocious rivalry has produced And when Gerald Henderson sent context of the teams, but also the some memorable moments. With an elbow to Tyler Hansborough in geographical proximity of the two consistently nail-biting games year the Smith Center on March 4th, schools. Will Blythe, former UNC after year, some impressive statistics 2007, drawing blood, every young

“It is A CONFLICT THAT graduate, attributes the passion surpassesof have been put up regarding thesports...” two Carolina fan in the stadium had one the rivalry to the culture of class in basketball teams’ histories. Duke collective thought that would linger the south; “To legions of otherwise has 5 national titles and 16 final four for years to come; “I hate Duke.” The reasonable adults, it is a conflict that appearances, and Carolina has 6 boiling tensions of two campuses so surpasses sports; it is locals against titles and 20 final four appearances. close has created a perfect storm of outsiders, elitists against populists, With 248 total meetings, only 7 total basketball rivarly. This is why UNC even good against evil… The rivalry points separate them in their last students rush Franklin Street after may be a way of aligning oneself 100 meetings. 7 points. a Duke win, and it is also why with larger philosophic ideals — of Duke students camp out for days choosing teams in life — a tradition Feeding into this rivalry is a looming in “Krzyzewski-ville” to buy tickets of partisanship that reveals the sense of tradition that follows to the UNC-Duke game. Regardless pleasures and even the necessity of seemingly ancient archetypes. of what you think about players on hatred.” The University of North Players like Christian Laettner, either Duke or UNC’s team, one Carolina, the first public school star center for Duke during the thing is certain — the passionate founded in America, is nestled in 1988-1992 season, have rooted Tobacco Road rivalry is one of the the hilly woods of a small college what a typical Duke basketball greatest in sports. town called Chapel Hill, and Duke player might look and act like. A Univeristy is a gothic and elite private tall, attractive, white man soon university ironically stationed in the became the focal point of hatred for

58 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 59 North Carolina Walk of Fame TO MOST PEOPLE, HOLLYWOOD IS A PLACE IN CALIFORNIA WHERE ALL THE BIG-NAME MOVIES AND TELEVISION SHOWS ARE CREATED.WHAT THESE PEOPLE PROBABLY DON’T KNOW IS THAT MANY REFER TO NORTH CAROLINA’S FILM INDUSTRY AS THE “HOLLYWOOD OF THE EAST”.

Written & Designed by: Katelyn Mottesheard

60 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 61 o r t h promotional. Filmmaking had been Carolina’s mostly pursued by individuals scattered throughout the state. In 1934, various city officials launched an effort to encourage involvement in filmmaking by the state. By the mid- the film industry 1900s, the state began using motion began in the early picture films to promote itself, its people, N Filmmakers at EUE Screen 1900s. Production and its resources. Gems Studios in Wilmington companies set working with a green screen. up studios in the This trend continued into the 1960s mountains during the when the North Carolina Film Board summer months to was established to create films about the state and Aside from filmmakers being attracted to North take advantage of the to encourage commercial films to be produced in Carolina for its visible appeal, the government has beautiful weather and the state. Of the 19 films the North Carolina Film ensured filmmakers would benefit by filming in Crew and actors filming a promotional film at Grandfather Mountain, NC in 1946. scenery the state provided. It is believed Board produced before the group broke apart in North Carolina. Beginning in 2005, the state issued that around the time of these summer “Hollywood began 1965, the majority were of historical or educational film industry incentives in order to attract and studios, the first studio run by a North making films in value rather than entertainment. retain film industry jobs. North Carolina continued Carolinian was established in Winston- to grow as a prime filming location due to the Salem, North State Films. North Carolina... “Hollywood began making films in North Carolina creation of these bills. because North not just because of beautiful locations, friendly In 1921, the state began to realize motion faces and barbecue but because North Carolina Over the next 13 years, legislation on the state’s picture could be used as a powerful Carolina had an had an industry with skilled workers, resources, film industry increased and changed. The educational tool. The superintendent of industry with skilled infrastructure and, yes, Hollywood-worthy North Carolina Film and Entertainment Grant, Dare County schools saw importance in locations,” said Sallie Hedrick Bowman, a former established in August of 2014, created funding for teaching North Carolinians about British workers, resources, production executive in the North Carolina Film the state’s current rebate program. The state offers efforts in colonization. The state produced infrastructure and, Office. a 25 percent rebate on qualifying expenses and and premiered The Lost Colony that year. purchases made by production while in the state. yes, Hollywood- Production began to boom after Governor James As time passed, film continued to teach worthy locations.” B. Hunt created the North Carolina Film Office in These incentives come after a dry spell in the film people whether it be educational or 1980. The role of this office was to assist filmmakers industry’s activity. The state had 34- in North Carolina by providing them a variety of services. This organization was later renamed the North Carolina Film Commission, the group that still works with the state’s film industry today. FILMMAKING HUBS IN Winston-Salem UNC School of the Arts Within six years of the North Carolina Film Office’s While film production has occured establishment, North Carolina became one of the throughout the state, these six cities Greensboro are popular choices for filming. top three filmmaking states in the country. Roughly $5 billion was added to the state’s economy during this six-year span as a result of the increase in Raleigh film production. In 1998 alone, the film industry Trailblazer Studios generated about $300 million in the state. Some Asheville of the popular films from this time period include Dirty Dancing, The Color Purple and The Last of the Mohicans. Charlotte Wilmington The Creative Network EUE/Screen Gems Studios Cast and crew in between takes prepare to film a scene with burning cars in Wilmington. DID Movie: The Hunger Games YOU ONThe Hunger Games, the firstLOCATION movie in the series, was filmed solely in North Carolina. You can travel across the western part KNOW? of the state to visit the various sites used to portray the Arena, the Capitol and District 12. Use this list as a guide to find the More than 1,000 filming locations used for some of the more memorable scenes from the movie. productions have been filmed in NC over the past 40 years. Big Ivy Area/Coleman Boundary Henry River Mill Village

NC hosts at least 50 film festivals every year.

Stunt people filming a aerial scene Iron Man 3 in Wilmington, N.C. Since 1980, NC has created $6 billion in production revenue. productions in 2013, but only 45 the production process. Casting agencies productions total since then. It remains look for local residents to hire as stand-ins a mystery as to why production in North for the main actors, extras and to provide EUE Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington has the Carolina slowed down after big hits such props, such as cars. third largest sound stage in as Safe Haven, The Hunger Games and Location: Pisgah National Forest Location: Hildebran the United States and the Iron Man 3 were released. “Those series when they’re here are Used for: District 12 and the Arena Used for: District 12 largest special-effects water probably employing 90 to 95 percent local Scenes: Katniss and Gale hunting. Exterior of cave where Katniss and Scenes: Katniss’ house. The bakery where Peeta works. tank in North America. To draw filmmakers back to North Carolina individuals on those productions,” said Peeta hide. for their productions, the state continued Johnny Griffin, who has been director of the North Fork Reservior to update legislation. The most current Wilmington Regional Film Commission Charlotte Convention Center Around 75 of NC’s 100 legislation includes dropping the minimum for 19 years. Location: Charlotte counties have been used spending requirement for a feature-length Used for: The Capitol as filming locations film, increasing television series per project Not only do individuals receive benefits Scene: Tributes enter the Capitol on their district’s chariots. for feature films. cap, and providing refunds and cessation of from filming in North Carolina, but also taxes on accommodation rentals reaching local businesses. Restaurants and shops or exceeding 90 days. The state as a whole draw in additional customers during this DuPont State Forest is not the only entity that benefits from time. After filming ends and the crew Filmmakers are not charged to film on business in the film industry. Many local leaves, local business declines to normal state-owned property. businesses and individuals also receive rates. Cities will begin to notice an increase positive return from filming in North in tourism and business again once the Carolina. Bill Vassar, Executive Vice film or television show premieres and it President of EUE Screen Gems Studios, becomes a popular hit. Location: Craggy Pinnacle/Black Mountain People wanting to prepare said “The money keeps going through the Used for: The Arena for jobs in the film community.” Even though filming has begun decreasing industry can attend North Scene: Cornucopia and other parts of the Arena. Carolina School of the in North Carolina, the state remains home Arts’ school of filmmaking Film productions, no matter where they to the largest number of studio facilities in Winston-Salem. take place, create these returns on local and sound stages of any state except Shelby communities. Many things go into California. Location: Shelby Location: Triple and Bridal Veil Falls Used for: District 12 Used for: The Arena Scene: The Reaping ceremony. The district’s barter market (The Hob) Scenes: Katniss finds Peeta wounded and camouflaged with the rocks. and industrial area. Katniss escapes the firestorm. 64 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 65 A STATEWritten & Designed by:FA Samantha Beltran AF I R othing could be finer. Since the 1850s, Fair in Raleigh, NC. The fair, they hoped, would the North Carolina State Fair has give the society the opportunity to demonstrate been the hallmark celebration of the their farming methods. state’s agricultural heritage. The fair is After over 4,000 farmers attended the first the largest 11-day event in NC, attracting over State Fair, the state government, local newspapers, 800,000 attendees with its multicultural musical and agricultural journalists began to encourage Nacts, food vendors, games and exhibitors. North Carolinians to attend the annual event. Despite its thrilling roller coaster rides Soon, railroads offered discounted rates for cheaper and circus attractions, the fairs’ beginnings are transportation to the fair. The Agricultural Society rooted in agriculture. Prior to the Civil War, also held horse races, shooting contests, and band farmers in North Carolina lacked knowledge concerts to attract more attendees. of farming practices and were in need of way By 1925, the fair had grown into an annual to share information about more “scientific” hub for shows and attractions, methods of farming. food concessions, and games of chance. In 1852, the state’s leading advocates of Today the fair has become a traditional fall-time agricultural reform came together to form the event for North Carolinians. Its purpose is to North Carolina Agricultural Society. showcase and promote the state’s agriculture, To solve the issue of poor farming practices, the agribusiness, arts, crafts and culture through the Fair goers play games group decided to host an annual agricultural State annual agricultural fair. of chance in hopes of winning prizes at the 2018 N.C. State Fair.

Steph’s Strawberrries deep fried frito pie at the 2010 N.C. State Fair. The fair is still hosted NC State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, NC, which consists of 334 acres of land. Each year, fair goers enjoy over 86 rides & attractions, over 100 food vendors, and a Homegrown Fair attendees music festival. ride the spinning J. S. Dorton in Centrifuge front of Dorton In 2015, more than 3 million attraction at the 2018 N.C. State Fair. Arena, named for people attended fair ground events, and Fair goers enjoying his long time fair this number is steadily growing. The hot dogs and a Coke management. outside the 1954 N.C. State Fair is a beacon for North N.C. State Fair. Carolina agriculture and agribusiness for generations to come. Fair attendees enjoy a horse ride at the 2018 N.C. State Fair animal attraction.

A N.C. State Fair season pass from 1923. Photos By State of N.C. Archive NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 69 Moonshine Country JUNIOR JOHNSON BEGAN RACING BOXCARS ON DIRT ROADS AS A WAY TO AVOID THE LAW. NOW, NASCAR IS A NATIONALLY BROADCASTED INDUSTRY, PRODUCING MILLIONS A YEAR IN REVENUE. LEARN HOW A SMALL TOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA KICKSTARTED AMERICA’S NASCAR CRAZE.

Written and Designed by: Sam Collins

70 // HOME GROWN // December 2018 NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 71 “...THERE WAS rom humble beginnings, brewers gained a local following in in Charlotte, NC. Junior Johnson’s NASCAR has always been Wilkesboro and made events out first win at a “super speedway” NOTHING TO about blue-collar Americans of the races. Notably, NASCAR came in his first Daytona 500 in DO IN THE getting together to simply legend Junior Johnson honed his 1960. He discovered that if he was have fun and avoid the hassles skills on the back roads of Eastern able to stay close behind a car for a MOUNTAINS OF of everyday working life. For NC, hauling bootleg liquor with short period of time, his own speed NORTH CAROLINA Fhomemade moonshine farmers the other moonshine “runners” and would increase due to the front BACK THEN. YOU and distributors in 1940s North eventually challenging other stock car’s “slipstream.” As one of the first Wilkesboro, North Carolina, this car racers in the area. As similar discoverers and implementers of EITHER WORKED also meant avoiding the law. Even early versions of NASCAR began this technique, Johnson was able to AT A HOSIERY during prohibition, lower-class to sprout up in surrounding areas slingshot past other cars and secure MILL, A FURNITURE Wilkesboro natives used a form of North and South Carolina, a a victory in the 1960 Daytona 500. of souped-up boxcar racing as a Wilkes County-native by the name The practice of “slipstreaming” is FACTORY, OR YOU disguise to secretly brew the illegal of Enoch Stanley purchased some one that is still used commonly in MADE WHISKEY.” corn-based whiskey. Wilkesboro’s farmland in Wilkesboro to build NASCAR today. Lee Petty, a pioneer convenient position at the foot and operate a of NASCAR , produced of the Appalachian Mountains his own Wilkesboro provided ample places to hide legend. Lee’s son, distilleries. Soon, during this Richard Petty, practice that named Wilkesboro was “Moonshine Country,” the

North Carolina native known as one of the best NASCAR and NASCAR hall-of- racers of the 60s. In an infamous famer Richard Petty at the North Wilkesboro natives grew a reputation for race on the North Wilkesboro Speedway in 1975 breaking the law and driving fast racetrack Speedway, Petty raced David while doing it. Wilkesboro native where this form of racing could Pearson. The two crashed just and NASCAR legend Benny flourish. In 1975, the North before the finish line, & Pearson “THE SMALL Parsons recalled fondly of the era; Wilkesboro Speedway was opened won the race from his destroyed car EASTERN-NORTH “Trust me, there was nothing to to the public, offering dirt tracks sputtering past the checkered flag. do in the mountains of NC back in a short, oval shape. Up to 17,000 Petty would win the next matchup CAROLINA TOWN [then]... you either worked at a people would drive out to the stock- with Pearson three years later in OF NORTH hosiery mill, a furniture factory, or car track in Northern Wilkesboro Daytona. Benny Parsons, another WILKESBORO PUT you made whiskey.” with a Coca Cola sign out front. Wilkesboro native and later Daytona 500 champion, spent his childhood THE SPORT OF By holding unofficial races By this time, NASCAR was was racing on the dusty circuit of the STOCKCAR RACING between friends and neighbors already developed as an organized Wilkesboro track, putting the sport to determine who had the fastest sport. “Strictly stock” races began to of stock car racing on the map and ON THE MAP AND car, these simple moonshine be held at the Fairgrounds Speedway keeping it there for decades. KEPT IT THERE FOR DECADES.” NCHOMEGROWN.COM // 73 utside of NC, NASCAR racing has reached heights that pioneers like Junior Johnson and Lee Petty would have never thought imaginable. The most popular form of racing in America, NASCAR events are now broadcasted in over 185 countries and in 21 different languages. In the modern state of the sport, drivers’ cars act as moving billboards for sponsors to offer millions of dollars to advertise on. A total of 140 Fortune 500 ince the early days companies have sponsorship agreements throughout the sport. The number of O Fortune 500 companies investing in NASCAR has increased 29% since 2008 - of using stockcars to Wilkes County native and smuggle moonshine NASCAR hall-of-famer and all of that is because of the great state of North Carolina. illegally through the Benny Parsons in 1973. Appalachian mountains, NC’s Richard Petty’s retirement in 1992 marked a transition from the old-fashioned role in NASCAR has evolved a nature of the sport into a new generation of racers like Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff little bit. Twelve NC men have Gordon and Carl Edwards, whose recognizably handsome faces have gone a S long way in popularizing the sport created by moonshine smugglers. now entered the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame for their achievements in motorsports, the While auto-racing has evolved into a monstrous source of revenue, NASCAR hub of NASCAR and NASCAR is hoping to evolve because it is losing viewers at a steady rate. NASCAR could hall of fame sits in Charlotte, and benefit from increased brand visibility in the technological world of sports NC now proudly boasts stock car media. The sport is beginning to dwindle now that NASCAR is losing star racing as its official sport. power, like Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, Danica Patrick, and Jeff Gordon - all poster children for NASCAR - all whom have recently retired. Even though Wilkesboro brought the hub of NASCAR and stock car racing to NC, the track that once was lit up with fans now rests in desolate abandonment. Its tracks are lined with weeds and the stands serve as a monument for bypassers to stop and remember the piece of NASCAR history that once existed. From humble beginnings, NASCAR has changed, but the Wilkesboro Speedway remains a reminder.

60,000 people ascending above the North Wilkesboro Speedway for its final event in 1996. The State of NASCAR of State The

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